Is it true that if you have the same surname as somebody you are related?

-If it isn't that popular, say if the surname was wilder... i've personally never met anyone with that surname.Wilder is a very popular surname! And just because you have the same last name as someone it does not mean that you are related. When my relatives immigrated from Europe they change their last name to fit it. A common practice among immigrants from back then. The best way to find out if you're related to someone is to research!I've known four people whose surname is Wilder. Not related to one another.



If your name is really odd--no more than a few dozen in the whole country--then maybe, but Wilder is not all that unusual a name. There was a famous filmmaker, Billy Wilder, an actor named Gene Wilder, an author named Laura Ingalls Wilder... And that's just the famous ones which come to mind immediately.
only in a few cases, and those are generally when a name has become "altered" after immigration to the US.

The social security death index included over 11,000 persons with the name. Those are just those who have died in the US since about 1960ish. It really isn't a rare name at all.
No its not true, just because people have the same surname doesn't make them related at all...even rare names http://familytimeline.webs.com/originsof鈥?/a>
No.

It could easily be pure coincidence